Quotes of: Napoleon Keyword

Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Ko...

William Safire

Americans worry that Afghanistan has become a petri dish in which the germs of Islamic fanaticism are replicating - soon Afghans will be hijacking American planes and bombing embassies everywhere. And their fears are not necessarily unfounded. The Ta...

William T. Vollmann

...Fastow had found someone trusting and pliable. Fastow wanted a pupet, Bowen concluded, and he already controlled Ben Glisan's strings. p.338

Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story

I had feared that if I opened the floodgates I would drown. But as the waves crashed over me, I was not consumed, I was swept up, washed, my soul blanketed with blessed relief.

A Different Blue

At night in the town's countryside, you could just about feel and hear everything, but without using lamps, it was impossible to see anything other than shadows

The Demon Inside: Lost Souls

Quero que o fato de ter uma vida prática e sensata não me roube o direito ao desatino. Que eu nunca aceite a ideia de que a maturidade exige um certo conformismo.

Doidas e Santas

Football allows the intellectual part of my brain to evolve, but it allows the emotional part to remain unchanged. It has a liberal cerebellum and a reactionary heart. And this is all I want from everything, all the time, always.

Eating the Dinosaur

Borrow money only for an education that will yield enough of a return in the job market to allow you to pay your loans back.

The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere

George, if you ever break the spine of one of my books, I want you to know that you might as well be breaking my own spine.

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

Rum is tonic that clarifies the vision, and sets things in true perspective.

Fresh Oil and Loose Gravel: Road Poetry by Brian D'Ambrosio 1998-2008

So Jane was getting married. Well, more power to her. In fact, let me tighten those straps. Any word from the governor on the pardon? No? All right, then, more power to her.

Falling Up the Stairs

He who gives back at first repulse and without striking the second blow, despairs success, has never been, is not, and never will be, a hero in love, war or business. - Frederick Tudor

The Frozen Water Trade

He looked up at them, a scruffy Napoleon with his laces trailing, exiled to a rose-trellised Elba.

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

In the works of , the most wonderful genius the world has ever known, there is the enormous number of 15,000 different words, but almost 10,000 of them are obsolete or meaningless today.

How to Speak and Write Correctly

Würde man Rooney als metrosexuell bezeichnen, würde er sich wohl zuerst verwundert am Quadratschädel kratzen und dann vorsichtshalber zuschlagen.

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: Die Geheime Geschichte Des Englischen Fußballs

Dunia Barat, mengapa kalian tidak pernah bisa menunjukkan simpati kalian kepada kami? Menunjukkan bahwa kalian sedikit menyukai kami? Kenapa kalian menendang tulang kering kani dan bukan menepuk bahu kami ... sekali saja?!

Bung Karno: Penyambung Lidah Rakyat Indonesia

Aku masih memimpin satu revolusi, sekalipun hanya revolusi dari "tuntutan yang semakin meningkat". Ini berarti hidup menurut hukum revolusi: hantam lawan-lawanmu. Membunuh atau dibunuh. Memenjarakan atau dipenjarakan.

Bung Karno: Penyambung Lidah Rakyat Indonesia

Andaikan Pope berangkat dari pangkalan Inggris atau Amerika, apakah kami tidak patut marah dan mengutuk negara-negara imperialis yang mencoba hendak mengadakan subversi di negeri kami?

Bung Karno: Penyambung Lidah Rakyat Indonesia

Apabila seseorang mencoba untuk melukaiku dengan alasan pribadi yang bagaimanapun, aku merasa lemah untuk tidak memaafkannya. Tapi bila mereka dengan sengaja mencoba untuk menghancurkan negara, aku tidak akan mengampuninya.

Bung Karno: Penyambung Lidah Rakyat Indonesia

Karena kami dipimpin oleh seorang pemimpih lemah yang bersemangat tikus, kami tidak berani berjuang. Tetapi bila kami dipimpin oleh seorang pemimpin kuat yang bersemangat banteng, kami akan bertempur.

Bung Karno: Penyambung Lidah Rakyat Indonesia

Aku mengerti bagaimana kecintaanmu kepada tanah air. Aku menghargai semangatmu itu. Tapi hanya itu yang kaoian miliki. Kalian juga perlu taktik yang bijaksana dan otak yang dingin.

Bung Karno: Penyambung Lidah Rakyat Indonesia